---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-012911"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SES"
cik: "0001819142"
company_name: "SES AI Corp"
filed_at: "2022-08-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T02:16:08.562320+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SES Q2 operating loss $19.1M; cash $405M; 2022 guidance unchanged

## Summary
- Operating loss of $19.1M (up $12.5M YoY) on higher headcount and public company costs.
- Non-cash gain of $29.0M from Sponsor Earn-out fair value change; cash & equivalents $405M.
- 2022 cash guidance reaffirmed: ops + capex $95–115M; Korea cell facility expected ready Oct 2022.
- Milestones by mid-2023: deliver A-sample batteries for three JDA partners, transition to B-sample.
- No revenue reported; company remains in development stage for Li-Metal batteries.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-012911
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SES
- cik: 0001819142
- company_name: SES AI Corp
- filed_at: 2022-08-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819142/000155837022012911/0001558370-22-012911-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819142/000155837022012911/ses-20220809x8k.htm

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